Why does the Bank of England interest rate affect the rate charged by the retail banks? Is it to do with the Bank of England being the 'lender of last resort'? Can anyone explain this of suggest any...
My hubby has been unemployed for over a month now and we have just found out that he is not going to be entitled to Jobseekers Allowance for 2 reasons. The first one being as he was previously self...
In a world economy where there is an increased demand for oil, are the oil companies restricting supply to inflate prices, or are they already operating at full capacity?
Please could someone advise me what to do. Before I went on holiday to America, I phoned my mobile company to check what the costs of using my mobile would be. The guy told me as I had the passport...
Recently whilst just arriving back at my car the driver next to me opened their door too forcefully resulting in a large dent in the rear door of my car and also their paintwork ingrained on my car....
I have suddenly lost the sounds in Windows XP. I can play DVDs and CDs with no problems,so I know the sound card is OK, but I cannot get any of the sounds (such as the windows start up , e mail...
itunes does not have a graphic equaliser so at the moment I am listening to a very tinny version of a song for which I have just paid a ridiculous amount of money (79p x 12 = the same amount I would...
We used to hear a lot about the holes in the ozone layer, but now it is all about carbon footprints. They stopped manufacturing CFCs and filled our aerosols with flammable gases instead. Did the holes...
A few years ago I was stopped by the police because they said my passenger was not wearing a seatbelt. However, my passenger WAS wearing a seatbelt so I questioned their legal right to stop me. The...
How come when I burn a cd rom it won't play in my cd player. I use Nero burn programme and use CD +RW discs. Although I can play the cd roms in different pcs and also my car stereo. Is there a certain...
One of my favourite lines is from a film called Magnolia when William H Macy says "I used to be smart, but now I'm just Stoopid". Anyone else have any favourites?
Could somebody please tell me the name of the music (trumpet) used in the latest Fword advert (as seen on 26/04/07). It sounds similar to "Mexican" trumpet music used in Western films (Cowboy films)...
Please help. My useless Sky Plus taped the last few mins of Grand Designs on Channel 4 Wednesday instead of Desperate Housewives. Is Wednesday night's show repeated? Thanks in advance
Due to the Hard Drive in a computer being the main cause of bottlenecks, does anyone know why we have yet to see solid state Hard Drives. Tiny memory cards are already up to at least 4GB so a solid...
I've got a song in my head at the moment. I think it must be from a TV ad. The only lyrics I can remember are "Like the sound you hear.........salvation". It's a Soul/Motown song and is sung by a...
